What hardware platforms support the audio and video applications?
Most of the applications have been ported to the DEC 5000, DEC Alpha, HP 9000/700, SGI Indy and Indigo, and Sun SPARCstation. Some applications are also supported on IBM RS/6000 and on Intel 486 platforms running BSD UNIX. No additional hardware is required to receive audio and video on those systems that have audio built in because the rest is done in software. To send audio requires a microphone; to send video requires a camera and video capture device which are only built-in on a few of the systems. For example, the VideoPix card has been used on the SPARC, but is no longer for sale. The newer SunVideo card is supported under Solaris 2.x, but there is no device driver for SunOS 4.1.x (at least not yet). See the descriptions of video applications below for a list of the capture boards supported by each program. For the camera, any camcorder with a video output will do. The wide-angle range is most important for monitor-top mounting. There is also a small (about 2x2x5 inches) monochro
